Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jan 25, 2016 7:35:04 GMT 12
Bay of Plenty Times 25/1/16
NO FOURTH ARTICLE
Tommy Wilson in his column (Opinion, January 18) claims that there is a fourth article written into the Maori version of the Treaty of Waitangi. I suggest Tommy and his friend, Pa Rawiri, whom Tommy claims told him about this, read the Maori version of the Treaty and they would then find that no such article exists.
To quote Dr Paul Moon, Professor of History at Auckland University of Technology, "The exponents of the `fourth article' cite conversations held between Hobson and others at Waitangi as somehow constituting binding parts of the Treaty, but this is based on false reasoning and an impoverished understanding of international law."
Pompallier's inquiry was purely one of self-interest. His concern being that as a British colony his evangelising could be curtailed.
If Tommy and Pa Rawiri are truly concerned about religious freedom, they can rest assured that all New Zealanders are guaranteed that right under section 21 of the Human Rights Act and section 13 of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act.
R P
Welcome Bay
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NO FOURTH ARTICLE
Tommy Wilson in his column (Opinion, January 18) claims that there is a fourth article written into the Maori version of the Treaty of Waitangi. I suggest Tommy and his friend, Pa Rawiri, whom Tommy claims told him about this, read the Maori version of the Treaty and they would then find that no such article exists.
To quote Dr Paul Moon, Professor of History at Auckland University of Technology, "The exponents of the `fourth article' cite conversations held between Hobson and others at Waitangi as somehow constituting binding parts of the Treaty, but this is based on false reasoning and an impoverished understanding of international law."
Pompallier's inquiry was purely one of self-interest. His concern being that as a British colony his evangelising could be curtailed.
If Tommy and Pa Rawiri are truly concerned about religious freedom, they can rest assured that all New Zealanders are guaranteed that right under section 21 of the Human Rights Act and section 13 of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act.
R P
Welcome Bay
sites.google.com/site/kiwifrontline/letters-submitted-to-newspapers